[ち, chi] (n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens) #208
[がいよう, gaiyou] (n-t) outline; summary; abridgment; synopsis; (P) #455
[つくりあげる, tsukuriageru] (v1, vt) to make up; to fabricate; to build up; to complete; to construct; (P) #671
[りょう, ryou] (n, pref) (1) both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.); (n) (2) ryo (obsolete unit of currency); (3) (See 斤) 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin); (4) (See 反・たん) 2 tan (measure of fabric size); (ctr) (5) counter for carriages (e.g. in a train) #694
[かいがい, kaigai] (n, adj-no) foreign; abroad; overseas; (P) #1621
[けん(P);つるぎ, ken (P); tsurugi] (n) (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) (けん only) bayonet; (3) (けん only) swordsmanship; (4) (けん only) stinger; ovipositor; dart; (P) #1738
[つくる, tsukuru] (v5r, vt) (1) (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc. 創る usu. for creating) to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; (2) to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); (3) (See 野菜を作る) to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; (4) to till; (5) to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; (6) to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; (7) to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; (8) to have (a child); (9) to make up (one's face, etc.); (10) to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); (11) to form (a line, etc.); (12) to set (a record); (13) to commit (a sin, etc.); (P) #1759
[たん, tan] (n, n-pref) (1) variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos #2315
[しょうりゃく, shouryaku] (n, vs) (See 省略符号・しょうりゃくふごう) omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement; (P) #3288
[しお, shio] (suf, ctr) (arch) counter for soakings (of fabric in a dye) #3385